IKEA
79
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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IKEA is an iOS app from Inter IKEA Systems B.V. in the News category, currently rated 4.8★ across 147,999 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 79: Strong (healthy traction). For a News app, that means healthy traction. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$700K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$741K – $1141K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$886K – $1645K
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
77 snapshots on record
Rating
4.8
Reviews
147,999 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$700K
Snapshots tracked
77
since Nov 2024
🤖Also on Android
$11/mo · 260K ratings · 4.7★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$145K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $110K – $195K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (233 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
| ⚙ 5.9y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$35K |
Total estimate
$145K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$14.5M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $11.0M – $19.0M · 21× MRR multiple
💸
~100× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| 📅 5.9y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
21× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
12.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.4M
Daily active
630K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 📅 5.9y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (SwiftUI)
Medium confidence · 55%
Also possible
React Native
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 233 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | News |
| 📦 Large iOS bundle | → Native SwiftUI (post-2020 era) + assets |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-09-16 · 8 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅 8 days since last update | Active development |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$690K – $933K
12 months
$741K – $1.1M
24 months
$886K – $1.6M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 55/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.4
Product Quality
9.6
Revenue Strength
5.8
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.79★ across 147,999 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $12.6M-$22.4M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (147,999 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (24 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v5.10.0
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- IKEA
- Developer
- Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
- Bundle ID
- com.ingka.ikea.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EU, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, GL, DE, HU, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RO, SR, SK, SL, ES, SV
Company
- Website
- www.ikea.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $700K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth146,298 ratings+32702% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter4 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline4 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Get inspired and make the most of your home. Discover new products, visualize your dream space and enjoy easier shopping — from anywhere.
Find more than you'd imagine in the IKEA app:
• Discover offers, new product launches and personalized recommendations
• Save your favorite items to lists, so you can find everything in one place
• Find your way through the store with easy-to-follow navigation
• Collect points to unlock and enjoy rewards
• Scan as you shop in-store and enjoy a faster checkout
• Design your dream kitchen with interactive planners… View full description on the official store →
Find more than you'd imagine in the IKEA app:
• Discover offers, new product launches and personalized recommendations
• Save your favorite items to lists, so you can find everything in one place
• Find your way through the store with easy-to-follow navigation
• Collect points to unlock and enjoy rewards
• Scan as you shop in-store and enjoy a faster checkout
• Design your dream kitchen with interactive planners… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 233 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v5.10.0🔄 updated 1w ago🌐 EU, CA, HR, CS, DA +19📂 News💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2020 (5y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v5.4.2 → v5.8.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,312 high confidence
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v5.3.0 → v5.4.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,836 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v5.1.0 → v5.3.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,692 high confidence
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v5.1.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +2,168 high confidence
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ · reviews +3,788 high confidence
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.88 → 4.70 (improved 0.82★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.08★ · reviews +3,788 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$5.1K/mo · rating +0.80★ · reviews +135,012 high confidence
2024-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.64 → 4.12 (improved 0.48★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.11★ · reviews +180 high confidence
2024-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.11★ · reviews +180 high confidence
2024-12
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.59★ · reviews +330 high confidence
2024-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +150 low · multiple changes
2024-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +150 low · multiple changes
2024-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +150 low · multiple changes
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 3.67 (dropped 1.33★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +150 low · multiple changes
2024-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +0.48★ · reviews +150 low · multiple changes
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — ikea.com
- Tech stack
- Apple Pay / Sign in with Apple · OpenAI · Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 8 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.75141★ | 18,830 | 4.75141★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.72893★ | 49,643 | 4.72893★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.71737★ | 97,450 | 4.71737★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.73865★ | 59,165 | 4.73865★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.74333★ | 64,054 | 4.74333★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.65085★ | 18,499 | 4.65085★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.56353★ | 78,228 | 4.56353★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.79256★ | 148,092 | 4.79256★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for IKEA: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 100% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 147,999 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does IKEA make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, IKEA earns approximately $700K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
Is IKEA profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $145K and monthly revenue $700K, IKEA looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does IKEA have?▴
Estimated audience: ~12.5M lifetime downloads, ~1.4M monthly active users, and ~630K daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like IKEA?▴
Browse the full News category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
What is IKEA built with?▴
Our heuristic places IKEA on the Native iOS (SwiftUI) stack (Medium confidence, 55%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is IKEA still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 8 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would IKEA sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $14.5M (marketplace range $11.0M – $19.0M). Calculated as 21× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was IKEA last updated?▴
IKEA last shipped a new version on 2026-09-16 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes IKEA?▴
IKEA is published by Inter IKEA Systems B.V. on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is IKEA's BU Score?▴
IKEA has a BU Score of 79/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.